[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR172.780]
[Page 76-77]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES (CONTINUED)
PART 172 FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED FOR DIRECT ADDITION TO FOOD FOR HUMAN
Subpart H Other Specific Usage Additives
Sec. 172.780 Acacia (gum arabic).
The food additive may be safely used in food in accordance with the
following prescribed conditions:
(a) Acacia (gum arabic) is the dried gummy exudate from stems and
branches of trees of various species of the genus Acacia, family
Leguminosae.
(b) The ingredient meets the specifications of the ``Food Chemicals
Codex,'' 5th Ed. (2004), pp. 210 and 211, which is incorporated by
reference. The Director of the Office of the Federal Register approves
this incorporation by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1
CFR part 51. You may obtain copies from the National Academies Press,
500 Fifth St. NW.,
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Washington, DC 20001 (Internet address: http://www.nap.edu). Copies may
be examined at the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition's
Library, Food and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College
Park, MD 20740, or at the National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA,
call 202-741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal--register/
code--of--federa--regulations/ibr--locations.html.
(c) The ingredient is used as a thickener, emulsifier, or stabilizer
in alcoholic beverages at a use level not to exceed 20 percent in the
final beverage.
[70 FR 8034, Feb. 17, 2005]
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